On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 12:06 PM, David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Len > > On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Corentin Chary > <corentin.chary@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Corentin Chary >> <corentin.chary@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 8:08 AM, Corentin Chary <corentincj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> On these laptops, the ACPI video is not functional, and very unlikely >>>> to be fixed by the vendor. Note that intel_backlight works for some >>>> of these laptops, and the backlight from samsung-laptop always work. >>>> >>>> The good news is that newer laptops have functional ACPI video device >>>> and won't end up growing this list. >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Corentin Chary <corentincj@xxxxxxxxxx> >>>> --- >>>> drivers/acpi/video_detect.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>> 1 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) >>>> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c >>>> index 45d8097..66be45e 100644 >>>> --- a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c >>>> +++ b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c >>>> @@ -132,6 +132,53 @@ find_video(acpi_handle handle, u32 lvl, void *context, void **rv) >>>> return AE_OK; >>>> } >>>> >>>> +/* Force to use vendor driver when the ACPI device is known to be >>>> + * buggy */ >>>> +static int video_detect_force_vendor(const struct dmi_system_id *d) >>>> +{ >>>> + acpi_video_support |= ACPI_VIDEO_BACKLIGHT_DMI_VENDOR; >>>> + return 0; >>>> +} >>>> + >>>> +static struct dmi_system_id video_detect_dmi_table[] = { >>>> + { >>>> + .callback = video_detect_force_vendor, >>>> + .ident = "N150P", >>>> + .matches = { >>>> + DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD."), >>>> + DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "N150P"), >>>> + DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "N150P"), >>>> + }, >>>> + }, >>>> + { >>>> + .callback = video_detect_force_vendor, >>>> + .ident = "N145P/N250P/N260P", >>>> + .matches = { >>>> + DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD."), >>>> + DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "N145P/N250P/N260P"), >>>> + DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "N145P/N250P/N260P"), >>>> + }, >>>> + }, >>>> + { >>>> + .callback = video_detect_force_vendor, >>>> + .ident = "N150/N210/N220", >>>> + .matches = { >>>> + DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD."), >>>> + DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "N150/N210/N220"), >>>> + DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "N150/N210/N220"), >>>> + }, >>>> + }, >>>> + { >>>> + .callback = video_detect_force_vendor, >>>> + .ident = "NF110/NF210/NF310", >>>> + .matches = { >>>> + DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD."), >>>> + DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "NF110/NF210/NF310"), >>>> + DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "NF110/NF210/NF310"), >>>> + }, >>>> + }, >>>> +}; >>>> + >>>> /* >>>> * Returns the video capabilities of a specific ACPI graphics device >>>> * >>>> @@ -164,6 +211,8 @@ long acpi_video_get_capabilities(acpi_handle graphics_handle) >>>> * ACPI_VIDEO_BACKLIGHT_DMI_VENDOR; >>>> *} >>>> */ >>>> + >>>> + dmi_check_system(video_detect_dmi_table); >>>> } else { >>>> status = acpi_bus_get_device(graphics_handle, &tmp_dev); >>>> if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) { >>>> -- >>>> 1.7.5.4 >>>> >>> >>> Hi Len, >>> >>> Maybe this patch should go through your tree and not platform-drivers-x86 ? >> >> Ping ? > > This is actually a regression on Samsung notebooks as the backlight is > no longer working with linux-3.2. It would be really nice to see this > in the stable branch or at least in linux-3.3. > > The samsung driver disables its own backlight driver if ACPI core > handles the backlight since linux-3.2. If you don't want to pickup > this patch it would be nice to see the samsung driver fixing this > issue. > > Regards > David David, please note that non of my changes are merged in 3.2 or 3.3, they are still in the platform-x86 tree. But you are right, if they are merged in 3.4 (and I really hope so) then we will need this patch or there will be a regression. Anyway, this patch can, and should, be merged as soon as possible because DE or even xrandr may want to use the non functionnal acpi backlight instead of others. Thanks, -- Corentin Chary http://xf.iksaif.net -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html